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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What slows the boat for most of the journey?
(a) The sail is damaged.
(b) There is not enough manpower.
(c) The wind is against the boat.
(d) The water is rough.

2. What does Esther pawn her clothing to purchase?
(a) A present for Mary.
(b) Food.
(c) Presentable clothing.
(d) Jewelry.

3. In Liverpool, to where does Mary ask directions from a police officer?
(a) To Milk-House Yard.
(b) To Rum-Barn Yard.
(c) To Wine-Lodge Yard.
(d) To Water-Shed Yard.

4. Where does Mrs. Jones say Will has gone?
(a) Will has left for London.
(b) Will has run off without informing anyone.
(c) Will has sailed out.
(d) Will has returned to Manchester.

5. Instead of money, what does Mary offer two sailors as pay?
(a) Her ring.
(b) Her watch.
(c) Her hat.
(d) Her shawl.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the lawyer that Job hires?

2. How does Jane feel about her son's affection for Mary?

3. Who informs the Carson sisters of their brother's murder?

4. What does Henry Carson offer as a reward for the capture of his son's murderer?

5. Which of the following is NOT one of the Carson sisters?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mary offer the sailors in order to hire a boat?

2. Why does Mary want the doctor to declare Jane too sick to travel?

3. How does Will Wilson say he will return to the shore?

4. How does Mary end up going home with one of the sailors?

5. How does Mary realize that her father is the true murderer?

6. How do the Sturgis' try to revive Mary when she faints at their house?

7. Why does Margaret tell her grandfather that Mary should be the one to search for Will?

8. Who does Jane blame for Jem's arrest?

9. How is Harry Carson murdered and where is the murder weapon found?

10. What does Mary stay up all night doing at the Sturgis' house?

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